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Issue No 238 At the heart of our wonderful community Saturday 16th June 2018
ON SATURDAY 9th June, Bishop Auckland Town Team held its first ever 1940s event.
Around 2,200 people attended and enjoyed the entertainment throughout the day which included The Fenner Sisters, Jenna Highfield and the Sound Waves Community Choir.
The Sandra Welsh
School of Dance per-formed a couple of 1940s dance routines and the Bishop Auckland Theatre Society took to the stage to re-enact a couple of scenes from their war-time 1942 production, Put That Light Out.
Vintage vocalist, Yvonne Slater kept the party going and sang some
classic 40’s songs in The Merry Monk before end-ing the night in the Fifteas Vintage Tearooms.
A spokesperson for the Town Team volunteers-said: “We would like to thank all the performers and entertainers, the own-ers of the vintage military vehicles and the food and market traders.”
The event was spon-sored by Bishop Auckland Town Council.
The next Bishop Auck-land Town Team event is the Classic Car Show, which takes place in Bishop Auckland Market Place on Sunday 15th July from 10am until 3pm fea-turing around 40 classic and vintage cars.
The crowds were entertained by dancers from the Sandra Welsh School of Dance at the Bishop Auckland Town Team 1940’s event.
CROWDS ENJOY 1940s EVENT
FELLOWSHIP HOLIDAY CLUB’S THEME IS TEAMBUILDERS ‘TEAMBUILDERS’ HOL-IDAY Club is the theme of the Bishop Auckland Fellowship of Christian Churches summer holi-day week this year, again in partnership with The Auckland Project.
The Holiday Club will run from Monday 6th August to Friday 10th August from 2pm to 5pm each day at Bishop Auckland Methodist Church.
The week will conclude with a Family After-noon Celebration from 2pm-5pm on Saturday 11th August where all the family, from oldest to youngest, will be wel-come to join in.
The age range this year is 5-15 years with The Auckland Project running the programme for those of secondary school age.
The Gaffer and the Head Coach will guide the Play-ers - the children - through their training. As they do so they’ll uncover how God’s people worked together.
A spokesperson said: “Whatever level of sport-ing talent you have you’ll find your place at the Hol-iday Club this summer, which as always includes fun and games, videos, crafts, Bible stories and
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The Council proposes in not less than 7 days from the date of this notice to make an Order under Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended, to close to all vehicular traffic a 35m length of C34 Bone Mill Bank that extends eastwards from its junction with A688 Bracks Farm Roundabout by reason of carriageway resurfacing works to be undertaken. The maximum duration of the temporary closure under the Order is 18 months and is required from 7.00pm on Weds 04/07/18 and for the duration of the works anticipated to be 4 nights (7.00pm to 6.30am on nights of 4th, 5th 10th and 11th July 2018). However, on rare occasions, alternative dates for closure may be necessary and these will be signed accordingly. Alternative route: from the western side of the closure from Bracks Farm Roundabout south westerly via A688 to A689 Roundabout then south easterly to the junction with Bone Mill Bank leading to the eastern side of the closure, and vice versa. Dated: 16 June 2018
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“The tours and archae-ology sessions offer a really unique opportunity for visitors to get right up to the trench edge and potentially see and even handle historical discoveries as they are unearthed.”
Professor Chris Gerrard from Dept of Archaeol-ogy at Durham University said: “It’s great to work alongside The Auckland Project and we are excited to see what the next three weeks will bring.”
To mark the end of the excavation, on Saturday, 23rd June, visitors can step inside historic Auck-land Castle on a Behind
the Scenes Tour to take a peek at the work under way to return the prop-erty to its former Geor-gian Gothic splendour, as designed by renowned English architect James Wyatt.
Booking is recom-mended to take part in the weekend archaeology sessions. To book a place email [email protected].
For those unable to visit Auckland Castle during the excavations, an online Durham University Auck-land Castle Excavation blog has been launched.
To see regular updates visit: https://duaceblog.wixsite.com/2018 or follow DUACE on social media.
ASPIRING ARCHAEOLO-GISTS of all ages can step back through the centu-ries on a summertime search Auckland Castle.
Excavations are taking place throughout June to reveal the footprint of the medieval castle now bur-ied beneath the lawns.
Running in partnership between The Auckland Project and Durham Uni-versity, the dig will reveal how the castle’s buildings were arranged and give a fantastic insight into day-to-day lives of its medie-val inhabitants.
Informal on-site tours of the dig will be running on a drop-in basis, Monday to Friday from the 4th to 23rd June, offering the
chance to see inside the excavation trenches and watch archaeologists peel back the centuries at the former home of the powerful Prince Bishops of Durham.
Weekend family archae-ology sessions will also take place at 11am and 1pm on the 16th, 17th and 23rd June, giving visitors the opportunity to handle archaeological finds.
John Castling, Commu-nity Archivist at The Auck-land Project said: “The findings from this excava-tion could be of great sig-nificance for the medieval archaeology of the region, and for our understanding of the lives of those in the household of the Prince
UNCOVER THE PAST AT AUCKLAND CASTLEJohn Castling of The Auckland Project, with Natalie Swann, Durham University Archaeological Services at one of the excavation sites at Auckland Castle. Photo: House of Hues, courtesy of The Auckland Project.
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www.bloomtalk.org.ukSINCE 1982, owners Mike and Ann Thornton’s garden has undergone many incarnations before gradually maturing into the relaxing plant-filled space that it is today.
Welcome to our second garden selected for Bloomtalk’s Garden of the Year, situated on the outskirts of Coun-don and nominated by Coundon resident, Lionel Ames.
“These are perfect gardens to relax and listen to wildlife communicating with each other; truly a little piece of heaven right on one’s doorstep,” said Lionel.
Hard landscaping plays an important role providing a rich variety of textures from the hewn stone paving interspersed with cobbles and gravel, to the vertical structural elements bringing height and colour.
There’s the perfectly aligned ‘compass’ stone in the patio and the occasional stylised cairns that more than hint at Mike’s interest in climbing; elsewhere Ann’s passion for ceramics can be seen in the shape of a bold deep blue coni-cal focal point, or the organic creations slowly being absorbed and softened into the planting. Acers are one of the star attractions here with their shapes and filigree foliage providing both structure and colour in the garden.
Mike explained: “The show of leaves
at different times of the year makes them prob-ably my favourite element of the garden. Their autumn colour is especially good.”
The huge flowers of Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’ hug the walls of the cottage, and heuchera, hel-lebores and herbs bring colour and scent to the borders.
As the garden starts to melt into the surround-ing woodland, there is a circular bed containing two young monkey puzzles and a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba – one of the oldest trees on earth – native to China and dating back to the Jurassic period).
Elsewhere the understory is planted with ferns, geraniums, rhododendrons and hostas which thrive in the shade. Dogwood, Cornus alba, has also been used and its bright red stems will glow through the winter.
A neatly formed vegetable patch is home to onions, leeks, cabbages, cauliflowers, beans, sal-ads and soft fruits.
There are also pear and apple trees that
have been trained over metal archways – the inspiration for which came from a family visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey in Cornwall.
The couple have created a handbook filled with photographs capturing everything from the heavy winter snows – and snowmen – through to the autumnal bounty of redcurrants, rosehips and fallen leaves.
It is a personal journey through the garden’s year and reminds us to remember to stand and stare: “This garden is not just a one night stand, it changes during every part of the year and there’s always something different to see,” said Mike.
“I would encourage anybody to take photo-graphs throughout the year in their garden to appreciate and enjoy these changes.”
Bloomtalk’s Garden of the Year is supported by the Bishop Press and Bishop and Coundon in Bloom. For more stunning photos of the gardens, visit www.bloomtalk.org.uk.
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As one of hundreds of events taking place throughout the country, whilst the Bishop Auck-land event will feature representation from the armed forces and Cadet groups, there is also a strong focus on providing a variety of displays and facilities that will appeal to all.
Including craft displays, a model railway layout by Bishop Trains, stands representing Durham AFC and Network Rail, and dis-play by the Auckland Rail-ways Group.
Hot and cold refresh-ments are available. and for the “young at heart” there will be a bouncy castle, face painting, ice cream, candy floss, plus many other attractions.
A free classic Eden bus service will operate on the day, running between the station and the venue.
It has also been con-firmed the event will be attended by David Brad-ley, who famously played the lead character, Billy Caspar, in the iconic Brit-ish film Kes.
The acclaimed film, directed by Ken Loach, whose most recent film was I, Daniel Blake, is based on the Barry Hines book A Kestrel for a Knave, which has been adopted as a standard school text.
David has a strong personal attachment to the initiative and has kindly agreed to attend in response to a serving RAF invitation.
It is hoped that the event will establish itself on the local calender for the end of June each year, as it will provide an excel-lent opportunity for the local community to come together in support of a most worthy cause.
IN COMMEMORATION of the 10th anniversary of Armed Forces Day, a community event is being staged at the Newgate Shopping Centre between 10.30am and 4pm on Sat-urday 30th June.
With its roots in the establishment of a Vet-erans Day in 2006, the event was changed to Armed Forces Day in 2009, to commemorate the service of all men and women involved in the British armed forces com-munity, including serving personnel, reserves, vet-erans, cadets and their families.
The event, a “first for the town”, will follow a service to open a Remembrance Garden adjacent Albert Hill, and is the result of a close collaboration between the Forces Sup-port charity and the Auck-land Railways Group. Sup-ported by serving armed forces personnel, and committed members of the local community.
The sponsoring charity, Forces Support, have a permanent presence in the Newgate Shopping Centre and are committed to supporting bereaved forces personnel and their families in variety of emotional and practical ways.
BISHOP AUCKLAND TO HOST ARMED FORCES EVENT
An Armed Forces Day community event will take place on Saturday 30th June at Newgate Street Shopping Centre from 10.30am until 4pm.
A TEENAGER has appeared in court in con-nection with two phone shop robberies.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court on June 7th charged with two counts of robbery.
The charges relate to two robberies that took place at the O2 store in Darlington on May 5th and the O2 store in Bishop Auckland on May 27th.
He entered no pleas and was remanded in cus-
tody to appear at New-ton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on June 15th.
The teenager was arrested on suspicion of robbery in Cumbria on Tuesday June 5th follow-ing cross-border work with Cumbria Police.
A further three people were also arrested on suspicion of robbery at the same time.
One has been charged with immigration offences; one was charged with driv-ing while disqualified and one was released under investigation.
TEEN HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE
TINDALE CRESCENT Workingmen’s Club in Bishop Auckland is to host a fundraising event in aid of Children’s Can-cer and Leukaemia Group on Friday 27th July 2018 from 7pm -until 11.30pm.
Tickets are £7 each and available from behind the bar at the club.
Organiser, Suzanne Whittaker said: “On a per-sonal note, this charity is very important to me as I lost my brother Wilson in his teenage years 25 years ago.
“The reason the event is on that date is it would have been Wilson’s 40th birthday on 27th July.”
CANCER FUNDRAISER REMEMBERS WILSON
BISHOP AUCKLAND Heart Foundation Shop has issued a pleas for donations as the shop is beginning to run low on stock.
“We are in desperate need of stock again,” said a volunteer.
HEART FOUNDATION SHOP CALLS FOR DONATIONS
“We need clothing and non-fiction books espe-cially but would be grate-ful for any donations.
“We do a free collec-tion service on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
“01388 663802 is the contact number.”
AS PART of its Silver Jubi-lee celebrations, Bishop Auckland Methodist Church is hosting North-ern Voices In Concert on Saturday 23rd June at 7.30pm.
Tickets for the concert
SILVER JUBILEE CONCERTare just £5 and can be purchased and collected at the church office from 10am until 12 noon, Mon-day to Friday.
Tickets can also be booked by calling 01388 607907.
WITNESSES ARE being sought after a car’s win-dows were smashed out-side a Bishop Auckland takeaway.
The incident happened at around 8pm on June 11th outside Red Double Happiness in Newgate Street.
A grey Ford Focus was parked outside the takea-way when a black Renault
WITNESSES SOUGHTClio pulled up nearby.
A man got out of the Clio and smashed both the passenger and rear passenger window before driving off in the direction of Cockton Hill Road.
Police have asked that anyone with any informa-tion call Durham Constab-ulary on 101, quoting inci-dent number 480 of June 11th.
a meal together to finish each session. Special for this year are short skills workshops including soc-cer, gymnastics and bad-minton.”
To book, contact
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The cost for the full week is £5 for one child, £8 for two siblings and £10 for three siblings.
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PC Nicholson, of South Durham CID, said: “This was an unprovoked attack on a man who already suffers from confidence issues and rarely goes out of the house.
“We would like to appeal to anyone who has any information which can help our investigation to come forward”.
The suspect is described as being white, around 6ft tall and thick set, with short dark hair. At the time of the incident, he wearing a plain pale blue T-shirt with a round neck.
Anyone with information should call PC Nicholson at Durham Police on 101 ext 742520.
A PARTIALLY-BLIND man suffered a fractured jaw when he was punched in an unprovoked attack.
The 24-year-old victim needed surgery after being assaulted in Bishop Auckland on Saturday 9th June.
Police are now appeal-ing for witnesses to the incident, which happened on Watling Road at around 6pm.
The victim, who is par-tially blind in one eye and suffers mild learning diffi-culties, was walking along the road with a friend when the incident hap-pened.
When they were close to Auckland Medical Centre, a man who was a passen-ger in a car got out and punched the victim once in the side of the face, leaving him with a frac-tured jaw which required surgery.
After the assault, the attacker got back into the car, which was a small light-coloured hatch-back driven by a blonde woman. They then left the area heading towards Cockton Hill Road.
POLICE APPEAL AFTER UNPROVOKED ATTACK
BISHOP AUCKLAND Town Council has announced that the Hor-ticultural and Produce Show will be held on Sat-urday 29th September at Bishop Auckland Town Hall from 12 noon to 3pm.
Mayor of Bishop Auck-land, Cllr David Fleming said: “The show is in its fourth year and promises to be bigger and better than ever.
“We are looking for enthusiasts of all levels of experience who would
like to show vegetables. “We are also looking for
Bishop’s best bakers to enter into the Home Pro-duce Classes and creative children for our Children’s Classes.
“The emphasis is really on enjoying what you do and joining in a fun event”, he added.
For more information and schedules, contact Bishop Auckland Town Council on 01388 609852 or email council@bishop auckland-tc.gov.uk.
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to access the service.Fuel poverty is also a sig-
nificant issue, especially during colder weather. There has been a 141% increase in fuel payments this winter in comparison to last year.
“Much of this can be attributed to the changes in the benefit system to Universal Credit,” says Bishop Auckland CLP.
“According to the DWP automated helpline, the expected delay would be up to 5 weeks, but in fact the delays have generally been much longer.”
Ms Goodman said: “I was really pleased that
we were able to hand over this cheque from the local Labour Party.
“We’ve now got seven food banks in this constit-uency and I regret that we have to have to have these food banks at all.
“People visit my office and there really is noth-ing left to do except send them to the food bank.
“We’ve had far too many cuts in the benefits sys-tem, which really ought to be supporting people and providing a proper safety net. But as long as it isn’t, it’s important that we all support our local food banks.”
BISHOP AUCKLAND MP, Helen Goodman and town mayor, Cllr David Fleming visited Woodhouse Close food bank recently to present the charity with a donation on behalf of Bishop Auckland Constit-uency Labour Party.
Woodhouse Close food bank has seen a 45% increase on the number of people they have helped this year compared to the previous year, with bene-fit delays accounting for 35% of cases.
Together, benefits delay, debts and hardship account for 84% of the reasons for people having
LABOUR PARTY DONATE TO FOOD BANKMayor of Bishop Auckland Councillor David Fleming, Anne Ramshaw at Woodhouse Close Church and Community Centre food bank and Helen Goodman MP.THE FRIENDS of Ever-
green are hosting Ever-green Primary School’s Super Hero Summer Fair on Saturday 30th June from 12 noon until 3pm.
The school caters for up to 185 pupils aged from 2-11 years that have either severe, profound or mul-tiple learning difficulties or an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) or other moderate learning diffi-culties alongside com-plex needs.
Some pupils may also have additional physi-cal, sensory, linguistic or behavioural difficulties.
A spokesperson for the Friends said: “Many of our children can’t cope with the large crowds and noise of the events held over the summer for the general public.
“We like to hold events and fairs in the school grounds where the chil-dren feel safer as it’s a familiar environment and they can adapt to it being more crowded.
“The fairs give the chil-
SUPER HEROES AT EVERGREEN SUMMER FAIR
This year, Friends of Evergreen Primary have arganised a Super Hero-themed Summer Fair on June 30th at the school.
dren a chance to experi-ence activities and events that they wouldn’t nor-mally have, such as meet-ing reindeer at Christmas and sitting in a Ferrari.
“This year’s theme is Super Heroes, and there’s a fancy dress compe-tition for children and adults. We have lots of attractions including: Unicorn and Pony rides, fire engine, outside disco, refreshments, bouncy castle, face painting, games, police van, tom-bola’s, toy stall, inflatable slide, rodeo bull, Lam-borghini, cakes and bakes an amazing raffle and special guests.
“Entry is just 50p for adults and there’s so much to do for the whole family, you’re guaranteed to have a fantastic day out.
“We also use the fairs as an opportunity to raise funds for the children so we can buy activities or equipment that the budget just won’t stretch to.”
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Hall said: “This is a much-needed donation.
“We were devastated when we started up after the Christmas holidays to find that the bearings in the stones had all gone rusty and few of the stones would run.
“This was very distress-ing for the players, but thanks to County Durham Housing Group we are again back on track.”
The application pro-cess for the ‘group grant’ has been kept deliber-
ately simple and funding decisions will be made monthly to ensure local groups are not waiting for lengthy periods to find out if they have been suc-cessful.
Full details of the group grant scheme are avail-able at www.countydur hamhousinggroup.co.uk/groupgrant, by calling 0191 349 7777 or by emailing [email protected].
A POPULAR kurling group has been kept up and roll-ing thanks to funding from one of the region’s largest providers of affordable housing.
West Auckland Memo-rial Community Associ-ation’s new age kurling club was at risk of grind-ing to a halt when its stones required expen-sive repairs.
But now volunteers are back on target thanks to funding from County Dur-ham Housing Group.
Almost £300 of ‘group grant’ funding was donated to restore twenty stones, which have seen almost ten years of action.
More than thirty dis-advantaged adults from Bishop Auckland, Crook and West Auckland regu-larly take part in the sport at West Auckland Memo-rial Hall, which provides a highly-valued social out-let for everyone who gets involved.
County Durham Housing Group Funding Officer, Damian Pearson, said: “Without the repairs to these stones the kurling club would have struggled to continue.
“By providing a relatively small amount of funding more than thirty local people can continue to take part in these really valuable sessions.
“This is exactly the kind of project that ‘group grant’ was set up to sup-port; great grass roots activities that have a huge social value.”
Dave Williamson from West Auckland Memorial
STONES ROLLING AGAIN IN WEST AUCKLAND
Damian Pearson from County Durham Housing Group and Dave Williamson from West Auckland Memorial Hall at one of the new age kurling sessions.
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Enhanced Brief Interven-tion Training (Smoking) (2.5 hours) equips partic-ipants with the skills to provide clients with sim-ple, opportunistic advice about smoking and how to quit.
The training includes updates on current med-ication, e-cigs, harm reduction and how to refer to the Stop Smoking Service for support.
There will be a session hosted by Bishop Auck-land Community Partner-ship on Wednesday 11th July from 9.30am-12pm at the Four Clocks Centre on Newgate Street.
Training places are lim-ited and are allocated on a first come first served basis.
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COUNCILLOR DAVID Fleming has announced that his chosen charity for his term in office as Mayor of Bishop Auck-land is Woodhouse Close Community Foodbank.
His first fundraising event will be ‘Meet the Mayor’ at Bishop Auck-
land Golf Club on Wednes-day 4th July at 2pm.
Tickets are only £6.50 each and will include afternoon tea.
For tickets or more infor-mation, contact the Town Council on 01388 609852 or email council@bishop auckland-tc.gov.uk.
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The day was rounded off in the clubhouse with a prize presentation, fizz and nibbles and a great friendly atmosphere to relive some of the days highlights.
A spokesperson said: “We would like to express our thanks to our Club Captains, Alan and Angela for their support on the day.”
New starters are always welcome at the club,
which regularly runs Get Into Golf lessons, includ-ing taster sessions to teach everyone from absolute beginners.
Visit the Get Into Golf website at getintogolf.org and search for Bishop Auckland.
To contact the club directly and for more information about their facilities, visit the club website at www.bishop aucklandgolfclub.co.uk.
WOMEN ON Par is an ini-tiative organised by Eng-land Golf to bring new women into the game and Bishop Auckland Golf Club was selected as one of only five clubs in the county to host an event.
On a glorious day, four-teen ladies from around the area gathered for a fun, friendly format to play a blue tee, nine holes on Tuesday 12th June.
Members of the ladies committee and two of the club’s junior girls accom-panied groups out on the course providing support and advise when necces-sary.
Although golfing ability wasn’t the main focus of the day, there was certainly lots of great golf shots to be seen and even more potential for the future.
WOMEN ON PAR AT BISHOP AUCKLAND GOLF CLUB
Bishop Auckland Golf Club was one of only five club across the county to host a Women On Par event on behalf of English Golf. LAST WEEKEND saw
another triumph for St Mary’s when the U7 Kings returned from the Hetton Juniors tournament with the winners trophy.
After receiving two run-ners-up trophies in their last two tournaments, it was delightful for the club to see the U7 Kings break through to win their first ever trophy.
The U14 Aces and U14 Kings kept up the winning feeling by returning from the Flamingoland Tour-nament with their own sil-verware.
And with the U23s fin-ishing off their league campaign after a back-log of games by winning the League Cup, it looks like there will need to be more silver polish ordered by the club to keep all the trophies shining in the cabinet!
TROPHIES GALORE AS ST MARY’S UP FOR THE CUPS
It was third time luck for St Mary’s Juniors U7 Kings who collected their first winners medals at the Hetton Tournament after two previous runners-up spots.
There were plenty of goals in the final against Wolviston with Morghan Hall notching a hat-trick, Kai Waters collecting a brace and Ashley Adams, Connor Ward and Jordan Lee also making it onto the scoresheet.
The U16 Kings would like to thank secretary Linda Curl and all their sponsors and parents for helping raise over £10,000 to take 16 players over to Spain to play in a cup tournament on Sunday 1st July along with 26 parents.
Announcing that the annual club presentation night for all the teams will take place on Saturday 30th June, club chairman, Steve Coulthard said: “It should be a fantastic night looking back over yet another terrific sea-son for all the St Mary’s sides.”
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